--- title: Green DevOps: Why carbon measurement belongs in your... description: CI/CD pipelines carry a hidden carbon cost that most teams never measure. Green DevOps addresses this by integrating carbon measurement directly into pipelines... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/green-devops-why-carbon-measurement-belongs-in-your-ci-cd-pipeline-cqpfjbwoi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Green DevOps: Why carbon measurement belongs in your CI/CD pipeline | daily.dev og:description: CI/CD pipelines carry a hidden carbon cost that most teams never measure. Green DevOps addresses this by integrating carbon measurement directly into pipelines... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/green-devops-why-carbon-measurement-belongs-in-your-ci-cd-pipeline-cqpfjbwoi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CQpFjBwoI.png og:image:alt: Green DevOps: Why carbon measurement belongs in your CI/CD pipeline og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Green DevOps: Why carbon measurement belongs in your CI/CD pipeline **[GitLab](https://daily.dev/sources/gitlab)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CI/CD pipelines carry a hidden carbon cost that most teams never measure. Green DevOps addresses this by integrating carbon measurement directly into pipelines using two open source tools: Eco CI, which adds lightweight energy and emissions tracking to CI/CD jobs via bash scripts, and Carmen (Carbon Measurement Engine), which measures emissions from VMs, pods, and Kubernetes workloads using the Green Software Foundation Impact Framework. Both integrate into .gitlab-ci.yml with minimal setup. Beyond environmental benefits, carbon-efficient pipelines often reduce CI costs too — caching dependencies cuts both emissions and runtime, and decommissioning idle services eliminates wasted compute. With regulations like the EU's CSRD expanding emissions disclosure requirements to cloud usage, teams that start measuring now will have baselines ready when compliance becomes mandatory. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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